Wrench



No. 627,269. Patented lune 2o, I899.

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WRENCH.

(Application filed Feb. 11, 1899.)

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N'IE ST ES 'ATENT FFICE.

WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,269, dated June 20, 1899.

Application filed February 11, 1899. Serial No. 705,284. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. POLLIARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leatherwood, in the county of Clarion and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wrenches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to wrenches; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of the wrench, partly in section. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the wrench.

A is aratchet-toothed wheel having a disk a on each side of it, and B is an angular socket in the said wheel'and disks for engaging with the nut or screw to be revolved. The disks a are formed integral with the ratchet-wheel.

O is a lever having a double eye 0 at one end. The double eye is formed of a single piece of metal and is journaled on the disks a. The slot or fork c of the double eye is spread open wide enough for the ratchet-wheel and the disks to be inserted in position. One of the disks a is conical, and the eye or hole it revolves in is also preferably conical, so that the fork of the double eye can be closed upon the ratchet-wheel, as shown in Fig. 2; but both disks can be conical, if desired.

D is a pawl which is pivoted in the fork 0 upon a pin d. The pawl is provided with a projecting arm d, which substantially closes one side of the fork and normally lies flush with the edge of the double eye. A pivotpin 6 and a stop-pin e are inserted through the fork of the double eye between the pivotpin (1 and the ratchet-wheel.

E is a V-shaped spring which is pivoted on the pin 6. One end of the spring E bears against the arm (1' and its other end bears against the stop-pin c. .This spring holds the pawl in operative engagement with. the teeth of the ratchet-wheel. The pins 6 and e are riveted over, so that the fork of the double eye is prevented from spreading. The end f of the pawl is rounded, so that after the pins e and e and the spring Ehave been placed in position the pawl can be slipped between the end of the fork and the pin 6 with a circular motion until it is in its correct position, and the pivot-pin d is finally passed through the forked part of the double eye, so that the pawl is pivoted in position.

A wrench constructed in this manner is extremely simple and economical to manufacture, has no projecting portions to catch on surrounding objects, and is not liable to get out of order.

-What I claim is- 1. In a wrench, the combination, With a double eye formed of a single piece of metal, of a ratchet-wheel and two disks engaging with the said double eye, one of the said disks being conical, a pawl pivoted in the fork of the double eye and provided with an .arm which projecting toward the said ratchetwheel closes the said fork on the opposite side from the said pawl and a spring bearing against the said arm and pressing the pawl into engagement with the ratchet-wheel, substantially as set forth. I

2. In a wrench, the combination, with a double eye, of a ratchet-wheel and two disks engaging with the double eye, a pawl pivoted in the fork of the double eye and provided with an arm projecting toward the said wheel, a pivot-pin and a stop-pin passed through the fork of the double eye between the pawlpivot and the ratchet-wheel, and a V-shaped spring pivoted on the said pivot-pin and hearing against the said stop-pin and arm, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE R. POLLIARD. 'Witnesses:

S. L. GOHEEN, I. M. GoHEEN. 

